Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Yuri Gripas | Reuters
Rep. Eric Swalwell on Sunday night mentioned he was suspending his marketing campaign for California governor on the heels of sexual misconduct allegations in opposition to the Democratic lawmaker.
“To my household, employees, associates, and supporters, I’m deeply sorry for errors in judgment I’ve made in my previous,” Swalwell mentioned in a put up on X saying his marketing campaign’s suspension.
“I’ll battle the intense, false allegations which have been made — however that is my battle, not a marketing campaign’s,” mentioned Swalwell, a married father of three.
Swalwell’s announcement got here after rising calls that he drop out of the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fellow Democrat, and a day after the Manhattan District Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned it was investigating a declare that Swalwell sexually assaulted one among his accusers in New York Metropolis in April 2024.
Swalwell had been a number one contender within the governor’s race till the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday reported {that a} girl who had labored on his congressional employees for almost two years alleged that that they had sexual encounters whereas he was her boss and that he sexually assaulted her on two events when she was too intoxicated to offer consent.
Shortly after the Chronicle broke that story, CNN reported that along with that accuser, “Three different girls who spoke with CNN additionally alleged numerous sorts of sexual misconduct by the Democratic congressman – together with Swalwell sending them unsolicited specific messages or nude photographs.”
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